Chapter 373

Chapter 373

Otherworld Demon King Survival Guide.

Episode 373: Battle With The Count (2)

“Ugh.”

If you had enjoyed all the pleasures, you must handle the work.

“Ehh…!”

First, this portable meatball fortress that Karuti gave me. I had decided to postpone using it for now. I thought about expanding my castle with it, but it was not needed right now. If it could be used in a big war, nothing could be better.

I could even use a tactic where I lured the enemy soldiers and then created a fortress behind them to surround them.

Let’s save this overpowered item.

And the new recruits.

“Haaaap!”

“Keryaaaaaaak!”

Each commander was training the large number of new recruits who came in this time. But there were so many soldiers that there was not enough training ground.

So, using Sharan outside the castle in an open space, we were setting up simple wooden fences and training each race separately.

—Flap!

“Don’t use me as wings, Demon King!”

“I’ll use you a bit.”

“Eek!”

I was currently being held by Lilriel and observing the training grounds from the air.

“Keryak! Kereuk!”

As a proven race, the goblins were training well. Well, it was clumsy, but they were new recruits, so it couldn’t be helped. Still, the sight of such a large army moving in unison was commendable.

“Haaaap!”

The dark elf female warriors were showing even greater enthusiasm because they were the ones who were utterly defeated by our army. They were working hard in military training, believing they could become strong like us, who defeated them.

They currently had the highest achievement rate among the three races.

Well, the kobolds and imps were just doing moderately well. The kobolds were support or engineering troops, so there was no need to allocate much to combat training, and the imps were naturally mobile strike-type ranged throwers, so they just needed to run, throw, and make fireballs well.

“Hehehe, good.”

The anvil and hammer were getting stronger.

“The new recruits are being made into soldiers, Lilriel. If they all grow up, even the angels won’t be a big deal.”

“I have something to say about that.”

“What is it?”

“If we absorb all the angel forces… I hope you’ll enthrone me as the queen of the angels!”

“Pardon?”

What was Lilriel talking about now?

“I want to be queen too! Once you, Demon King, have devoured all the angels in the Middle Realm, you’ll need an angel leader, won’t you? I’ll become the queen of the angels!”

“Have you ever seen such a cute angel? Lilriel, you wanted to be queen?”

“Of course!”

—Nod nod!

Lilriel was nodding vigorously.

In fact, Rexabella was called queen, but she was a warrior who fought on the front line, not a commander, and the supreme commander was Nekri.

“Serinu became queen too, didn’t she!”

“Well, that’s more of an honorary position… Hehehe, well, I understand. I’ll capture the enemy angel commander and make them Lilriel-nim’s subordinate, and make Lilriel queen!”

“Thank you!!! Thank you so much, Demon King!!! You’ve fulfilled my wish!!!”

All traces of her former Nazi-like appearance had vanished, and Lilriel, who had become somewhat purely foolish, wept and thanked me.

The more I looked at her, the cuter she was.

“Let’s go back now, Lilriel. No, Queen of Angels (Provisional) Lilriel!”

“Got it!!!”

When I captured the angel commander, I should take all their clothes and jewelry and give them to Lilriel. Ah, but damn it. Thinking about it, the fundamental reason why I started this war was because of the angels.

I’ve decided.

I would make the angel commander my pet.

“Brother Kyuse, are we finally going to war with the count? The Middle Realm’s occupation is just around the corner!”

“Not yet. We need Juria to come. I don’t want to fight a war without my cavalry.”

The lamias were very powerful shock hammers. We needed lamias to overwhelm the enemy forces, so they’d join the war then.

Of course, now that I had returned, I was sending all sorts of supplies to their castle. We just needed Juria to come, and we’d go and wipe them out.

“Yes, yes. Once the lamias come, we can destroy all the count’s forces attacking the castle. If we wear down the count’s forces like that and then launch an attack, the angels will have no choice but to lend their strength to eliminate a competitor.”

“Or they might just watch us fight?”

“Well, that’s possible.”

The count was currently sandwiched in the middle.

If I attacked the count, would the angels attack the count too? Or would they just leave us alone and aim to reduce both forces?

Both were highly possible. If they chose the former, the count would surely perish in a short period, and if they chose the latter, the count would perish a little later.

It depended on the angels’ circumstances.

“But Karuti, isn’t there a possibility that the count will form an alliance with the angels?”

“Hmm, that’s unlikely. If they were going to, they would have done it already. And even if they formed an alliance now, the angels wouldn’t leave the count alone, and the count would know that.”

Angels were a race comparable to demons in terms of evil.

The count knew that, so he was fighting to the end.

“Brother Kyuse. How about bringing the count under you? If you put pressure on him, the count might give up.”

“That’s one way, but either way, we have to eliminate the count.”

I couldn’t trust anyone who wasn’t a woman.

Either way, if the enemy commander was a woman, I could make her my possession. But I couldn’t do that with a man. So, if the enemy was a man, I had no choice but to crush him.

Above all, the count was capable and had a great desire for power. Could I keep such a guy as a subordinate? Such a guy was not born to be under anyone. He’d try to be on top.

“I only accept the loyalty of my monsters or women.”

“Well, it can’t be helped.”

We talked about tactics with Karuti.

“Ah, Brother Kyuse. By the way, it seems dimensional beasts have appeared here and there in the Middle Realm.”

“What?!”

Those bastards appeared again?

“Where?!”

“Don’t be alarmed. It’s not around here. The Middle Realm is vast, you know? It’s presumed they appeared in a country outside this kingdom where Brother Kyuse is.”

“Ah.”

Right.

There were other countries outside this kingdom.

If dimensional beasts had fallen there, it would be good for me. We didn’t have to worry about it, but it was a matter of consuming their forces.

“There are no angels there yet, so the humans will take care of it themselves.”

“I guess so.”

“But if they can’t handle it… they’ll emerge as a new Middle Realm demon force. However, as a result of the experiment in the last battle, it was revealed that they have no intelligence. Then they are not threatening.”

Hmm.

“The problem is that they could become food for the demons that come as follow-ups. If dimensional beasts expand their forces, that place will become fertile ground for demons.”

That was true.

“Currently, other demons are also pushing forward with plans to invade the Middle Realm. Our clan is leading now, but no one knows what will happen in the future. Brother Kyuse. If you take over this kingdom, you’ll have to keep the demons in check in the future.”

“Yeah. I will. Don’t worry. With you and me working together, Karuti, what can’t we do?”

“That’s true!”

So let’s work together.

“Ah, by the way, how is mother?”

“Yeah. She’s been busy lately. I’ll contact you soon, and I’ll let you know when the time comes.”

“Okay.”

That was how the conversation ended.

Helson Barony.

This place was currently being rebuilt according to my orders. All the dark elves, except for the dark elf female warriors who came under my command, had moved to this land and were working to live here.

“Swish, swish.”

“Grrak.”

The dark elves were working, and the lizardmen and hobgoblins were supervising them. First, they cleaned up all the collapsed buildings and cleaned the intact ones.

They also restored the destroyed roads.

And there.

“Good, Lumica! Here!”

They revitalized the abandoned farmlands.

“Got it!”

“Shaa!”

Holding hands with Lumica and Sharan, they walked around the abandoned farmlands, making the soil fertile and reorganizing the waterways.

“Master, they’ll grow well at this rate. Shaa.”

“Hehehe, really? As expected of Sharan!”

“Praise me too.”

“Lumica is so pretty too!”

Now, if we were done with the maintenance, we needed to put in the labor force.

“Lilcana!”

“Yes! Demon King!”

“From now on, cultivate this place. You can select people and appoint them as farmers.”

“Understood!”

“Ask Juragi and Hookbeak for help too. They’re real professional farmers.”

“I’ll do as you say.”

“Do as you’re told. If you do well, I’ll call you back to the castle.”

“Yes…!”

Lilcana wanted to be by my side, but there was something she needed to do to make that happen. That was the mission to rebuild Helson Barony and settle the dark elves.

She was showing great leadership, saying that she could stay by my side if she did that well.

In that way.

We did what we had to do.

“Hmm. Ten warriors worthy of being called great warriors, huh.”

The dark elf great warriors, Rexabella’s closest aides. Their number was ten in total. There were more dark elves who could handle mana, but they were not strong enough to become great warriors.

Well, I had picked them out separately, but I wouldn’t be able to use them effectively yet. Still, the great warriors and sorceresses could be used as immediate forces.

Now, when Juria arrived, we’d fight the count, and we’d put them into actual combat then.

“And Churel too.”

“Ssshh… Sssshhh…”

The dark elf elite unit and the insane former lamia queen, Churel. And Juria’s lancer cavalry. The forces were just splendid.

I was already bursting with happy thoughts just thinking about using them.

“Good.”

As I was establishing the unit organization and strategy,

“Shaa! Master! Juria is back!”

“Oh! Finally!”

Finally, Juria has finished her work in the jungle and returned!

—Chwahak!

I immediately drew the curtains and looked outside.

“My goodness!”

—Teeming.

I saw the lamias holding spears lined up in a row.

“Sharan! Let’s go out right now!”

Now, we were starting the war with the count right away!